Improvement in registering-punch for railroad conductors



NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AUSTIN D. HOFFMAN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND CHARLESH. MORSE, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN REGlSTERiNG-PUNCH FOR RAILROAD CONDUCTORS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 100,036, dated February22, 1870.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, A. D. HOFFMAN, of Chicago, in the county of Cook andState of Illinois, have invented an Improved Conductors Punch; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to makeand use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings andletters marked thereon, making a part of this speciiication, in which-Figure l is an elevation of my improved punch; Fig. 2, an internal Viewof the boxjaw, it being inverted and showing the opposite side to thatshown at Fig. l; Fig. 3, a broken View of the face-plate and dialremoved from box-jaw at Fig. 2; Fig. 4, an elevation of the gearinginside of the box-jaw, removed to give a clear View of its construction,Fig. 5, a side elevation of the bell.

The present invention relates to an improved punch, which is designed tobe used by conductors of cars, but more especially of street-cars; andits novelty consists in the arrangement whereby, when a punch is made tocut through a ticket or card, a bell will be rung, and the number ofholes punched indicated, as the whole is hereinafter fully described.

A B represent the jaws of the punch, and C D the handles extending outtherefrom, said ja-ws being jointed together at Cr in the usual mannerofjointing similar tools. To the jaw A is hung a bell, F, and to itsinner part near the joint Gr is fixed a punch, I, which is used to makeholes through tickets, cards, &c., in the usual manner, except that theticket in this case is put into a slot, X, in jaw Ainstead of betweenthe jaws A B. The jaws are held the proper distance apart to allow aticket to be put over the punch by means of a coil spring, Z, Fig. l,inserted in one jaw, and made to bear against the other. The jaw B isprovided with a rim and two face-plates,by means of which thefollowing-described mechanism is placed in convenient position toindicate the number of holes punched, and also to ring a bell at thepunching of each hole, as

shown at Fig. 4. a b represent journals, which have suitable bearings inthe box-jaw B, and which support the following ratchetgearing. A wheel,E, is fitted to journal b, and it is turned one notch every time thejaws A B are opened by means of a pawl, J, Fig. 2, which is fastened tothe jaw A, and held to its work by means of a spring, K, Fig. 2. Apinion, S, Fig. 4., is also fastened to the journal b, and made to turna wheel, V, which runs loosely on journal a, and carries with it apinion,T, which drives a wheel, W, fitted loosely on the journal b. Apinion, It, is attached to the wheel WV and drives a wheel, I), whichis-attached to journal a.

By means of this construction and arrangement, the wheel M drives thejournal b, to which is fixed a hand or pointer, L, for indicating thenumber of holes punched up to twenty-live on its dial, Fig. 3, and thejournal c is made to carry a hand, N, which indicates on its dial (atFig. 2) the number of holes punched up to one thousand. A T-shapedshank, f, Fig. l, supports a bell-hammer, c, and, as one end of theshank is pivoted to the jaw A, and the otherto aslidingbar, H, thelatter will, when the jaws are shut together, bring the hammer o againstthe bell F, the opposite end of said bar being slotted out, and.operating on a pin, g, put into jaw B, allows the hammer o always toring the bell when the hole is punched.

I claim and desire to secure by Letters Iatent- I. A card or paperpunch, which is so arranged, by means of the jaws A B, handles C D, andgearing V T P M It S W, that the number of holes punched in a card orticket may be registered by the hands N L on their dials, as set forth.

2. The combination of the jaws A B, bell F, handles C D, gearing V T P MR S W, hammer o, bar H, spring Z, and punch I, as and for the purposeset forth.

AUSTIN D. HOFFMAN.

Witnesses:

G. L. CHAPIN, E. E. GIBSON.

